Band members Laurens van der Meulen: vocals, guitar, keyboards. Robert Koole: drums Patrick Schaafstal: guitar Folkert Stuiver: bassguitar
It Langstme en de Dea
The unexpected winner of the Frisian song festival Liet 2009. This band is actually a Pop academy project from Laurens van der Meulen, who has his own studio in the old city prison of Leeuwarden, the new lab of creativity in the Frisian capital. It’s always a surprise with which formation he will show up on stage, but you’re always up for a musical adventure. It Langstme en de Dea – Frisian for The longing and the death – is one of the most exciting indierock bands in Friesland this moment.
This is where the band comes from
Impression
Lyrics
It Langstme En De Dea – Wikel
Tekst en muziek: Laurens van der Meulen
Boartsje mar
Mei myn hert
Ik haw it al oan dy ferlern
De kâlde flam
Dy’t baarnt op lust,
En yn myn hannen fynsto gjin rêst
Dus ik smyt mar wat mei tjustere blikken
Al it swiet dat smakket bitter
God hat de stêd al lang ferlitten
En myn namme al ferjitten
En de oare yn dyn bloed
De sichte is noch waarm fan bloed
Mar dizze wûne hielet noait mear goed
De wikel bidt ek foar ús lân,
Mar der klibbet read oan myn hannen
Ik waskje de iene hân yn ûnskuld
It Langstme en de dea – Kestrel
Lyrics and Music: Laurens van der Meulen
Go ahead and play with my heart,
‘Cause I’ve lost it to you already,
The cold flame
That’s fueled by lust,
But in my hands,
You’ll find no rest.
So I’m throwing around these darkened glances,
All the sweet has turned to bitter,
God has left the city for a long time,
And forgotten my name.
The sickle is still warm of blood,
But this wound will never heal,
The Kestrel is praying for our land,
But there’s red sticking on my hands.
I’m washing one hand in innocence,
And the other in your blood,
I’m washing one hand in innocence,
The other in your blood.
